Improvement in sheave-pullets



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J. B. VANNAN IAND N. P. CRAMER, ou CARBONDALE,

` VANIA.

Letters Patent No. 93,252,`datecl August 3, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHEAVE-P'ULLEYS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ci' the same.

To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that we, J. B. VANNAN and N. P. GRAMER., of Carbondale, in the county of Luzerne,

and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andV useful improved Sheave-Pulley; and we do hereby declare that the following'is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sheavepulleys, the object of which is to provide sheavepnlleys with avchilled portion of the surface of' the groove.

lhe drawing represents a sectional elevation of a mould for casting the sheaves, with a chill arranged therein.

vHithertol these pulleys haveibeen made with soft surfaces, which soon wear away, and render them unfit for use.l i

tOur invention consists in producing them with the central portion only of the groove chilled, and to this end, we provide iu a mould a circular chill, A, made iu two parts, and provided with clamps, B, for clamping the projecting ends of each section for holdingr it while it is bein'g moulded, and for releasing it from the wheel when cast. The clamps B being knocked off, allow the two parts to separate.

The `said chill and the pattern, the latter-in two parts, may be moulded in' a niould having two part-v ings, as represented at C and D.

We are aware that chain-pulleys have been madev with chilled projections, but we make no claim to such invention; but

What we-do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi- As anew article of manufacture, a. sheave-pulley, having. the bottom only of the groove chilled, substan- PENNsYLf 

